GBIF receives €300,000 to assist in European observation network

GBIF is participating in a major new project to build a European Biodiversity Observation Network, aimed at helping scientists, policy makers and the public to access a wide range of biodiversity information.

GBIF is participating in a major new project to build a European Biodiversity Observation Network, aimed at helping scientists, policy makers and the public to access a wide range of biodiversity information.

The EU BON project, funded by the European Union, brings together 30 partners from 18 countries. The work will cost €9m, spread over four and a half years.

Among the products will be a European integrated biodiversity portal, a roadmap for handling citizen science data and a framework for open data publishing.

GBIF’s specific contributions, costed at nearly €300,000, include helping to improve data standards and interoperability, providing a metadata registry and catalogue, and providing access to data through robust web services.